How does that work?

mrbagrat · 04-15-2006, 06:04 AM

Something I don't get. If you had a mobo with DDR 400 RAM standard, would DDR 500 work on it?

SpeedDevil817 · 04-15-2006, 06:55 AM

mrbagrat · 04-15-2006, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by SpeedDevil817

So would it or wouldn't it work? As far as I could tell, it didn't really say specificaly.

**ceewi1** · 04-15-2006, 07:52 AM

Yes it will work - DDR500 is the maximum speed it's rated for. However, unless you're overclocking, it will only run at DDR400 speeds.

diduknowthat · 04-15-2006, 03:40 PM

it'll work, but the ram is just gonna downclock itself to DDR400 speed.

APM98 · 04-20-2006, 05:16 PM

so is it better to get the higher rated ram if u plan on OCing? Or is it bad for it to downclock?

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